About the Book: The Gambler and Other Stories
The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevskys collection of one novella
and six short stories reflecting his own life-indeed, the Gambler, a story of a
young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian General, was written
under a strict deadline so he could pay off his roulette debts. This volume
includes Bobok, the tale of a frustrated writer visiting a cemetery and enjoying
the gossip of the dead; the Dream of a Ridiculous Man, the story of one mans
plan to commit suicide and the troubling dream that follows, as well as A
Christmas Party